Tobol. V 2-h t. Mnogo zvanyh. Malo izbrannyh

V epohu velikih reform Petra I "Rossiya molodaya" zakipela dazhe v dremuchey Sibiri. Narozhdayuschayasya imperiya krushila v tayge voevodskoe srednevekov'e. Narody i very peremeshalis'. Plennye shvedy, buharskie kupcy, oficery i chinovniki, katorzhniki, inorodcy, letopiscy i zodchie, kitayskie kontrabandisty, beglye raskol'niki, shamany, pravoslavnye missionery i voinstvennye stepnyaki dzhungary - vse oni vmeste, vrazhduya mezhdu soboy ili spasaya drug druga, tvorili sud'bu rossiyskoy Azii. Eti obzhigayuschie syuzhety Aleksey Ivanov slozhil v roman-peplum "Tobol".